I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosin

I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosin

An eleven-year-old's world is upended by political turmoil in this searing novel from an award-winning poet, based on true events in Chile.

Celeste Marconi is a dreamer. She lives peacefully among friends and neighbors and family in the idyllic town of Valparaiso, Chile--until the time comes when even Celeste, with her head in the clouds, can't deny the political unrest that is sweeping through the country. Warships are spotted in the harbor and schoolmates disappear from class without a word. Celeste doesn't quite know what is happening, but one thing is clear: no one is safe, not anymore.

The country has been taken over by a government that declares artists, protestors, and anyone who helps the needy to be considered subversive and dangerous to Chile's future. So Celeste's parents--her educated, generous, kind parents--must go into hiding before they, too, disappear. To protect their daughter, they send her to America.

As Celeste adapts to her new life in Maine, she never stops dreaming of Chile. But even after democracy is restored to her home country, questions remain: Will her parents reemerge from hiding? Will she ever be truly safe again?

Accented with interior artwork, steeped in the history of Pinochet's catastrophic takeover of Chile, and based on many true events, this multicultural ode to the power of revolution, words, and love is both indelibly brave and heartwrenchingly graceful.

Marjorie Agosin is a human rights activist, poet, and writer. She is also the editor of our Hidden Weavers Series and a professor of Spanish at Wellesley College.

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ISBN 13	9781416994022
ISBN 10	1416994025
Title	I Lived on Butterfly Hill
Author	Marjorie Agosin
Series	The Butterfly Hill
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Year published	2015-02-10
Number of pages	464
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.